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Revista Cubana de Pediatría
versión On-line ISSN 1561-3119
Resumen
MACHADO LUBIAN, María del Carmen et al. Design and methods used in obtaining an instrument for the screening of psychomotor development’s problems. Rev Cubana Pediatr [online]. 2019, vol.91, n.2 ISSN 1561-3119.
Introduction:
The application of screening tests in the health controls of children allows the early detection of psychomotor development’s problems.
Objective:
To describe the design and methods used to obtain an instrument for the detection of psychomotor developmental problems in children under six years old.
Methods:
A development research was carried out between 2014 and 2018, in which a stratified, three-phase and equiprobabilistic sample design was applied by age group and sex. It included nine health areas (polyclinics) in the same number of municipalities and 256 Family doctor-and-nurse’s offices. The inclusion criteria were: children classified as healthy, between 15 days and 6.5 years, with permanent residence in the care area of the selected family doctor-and-nurse’s offices and with the consent of parents or guardians; those with acute diseases at the time of evaluation were excluded.
Results:
80 developmental guidelines were selected, and those were distributed in 4 areas and 25 age groups. A total of 1 333 children were studied representing the 96.8 % of the estimated sample. On average, 53 children were evaluated by age group; the average of guidelines evaluated per child was 22. The level of maternal education was high.
Conclusions:
The design and methods used constitute a reliable base with the purpose of obtaining a valid instrument for the research of psychomotor development’s problems in children under six years, which also it allows obtaining useful information from the assistance and epidemiological point of view.
Palabras clave : psychomotor development; screening; child development.